Leche signals limited backing for 1930s tax and welfare changes
Governor Richard W. Leche said Shreveport plans no broad legislative program for the coming session. He proposed revising the luxury tax possibly ending token use and merging welfare with hospital departments to cut overhead. He deferred on accepting a federal judgeship, noting many factors to consider before leaving the governorship.
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Shreveport
Richard W. Leche
Lache
Leche
Socially Noted Attorney Killed In Midnight Drive
Philadelphia April 20. Algern R. Clapp 42 socially prominent attorney died when his car plunged 60 feet from a Schuylkill river bridge to Reading railroad tracks. His body was found under the vehicle wearing pajamas and a bathrobe after family said he left Bryn Mawr home for a ride to cure insomnia. In 1926 he served as counsel to a US senate committee probing the nomination and election of the late William S. Ware who was refused a seat by the senate.
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Philadelphia
Algernon R. Clapp
Schuylkill River
Reading Railroad
Clapp
Bryn Mawr
United States Senate
William S. Ware
Senate
Memorial Service Held For Senator Robinson In Washington
In Washington on April 20 Congress paused tax relief and defense talks to honor the late Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. Democrats and Republicans joined in paying tribute during the memorial service marking a year since his death.
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Washington
Congress
Memmbers
Senate
Senatoroseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Banquet Set as High Point of Big Jamboree
Hodge Louisiana April Special reports the three day third annual jamboree and golf tournament sponsored by Southern Advance Bag and Paper. The high point is an 8 PM banquet in Crystal ballroom with about 300 guests including 150 traffic executives from across the country. Activities span golf baseball bowling billiards softball and more as visitors enjoy outings and a Ouachita Valley league baseball game.
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Hodge
Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company
Birthday of Hitler Noted in Berlin Festivities on 49th
Berlin celebrated Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday with nationwide rejoicing. Berlin chancellery doors opened at 12:15 am as Hitler saluted a cheering crowd from the balcony. The city, and newly acquired Austria, were lavishly decorated with flowers and Hitler oak saplings, with bonfires planned on mountainsides and Wagner operas billed in Vienna.
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Berlin
Austria
Vienna
Nick Carter to Be Filmed in Four Features a Year
Hollywood reports that dime novel detective Nick Carter will appear on screen. Surety Pictures announced plans to film four Nick Carter features annually, with the actor playing the role yet to be chosen.
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Nick Carter
Hollywood
Surety Pictures
Nick
Lini Capture Puts Invaders in Position to Push Drive
Shanghai April 20 The Japanese offensive along the Shantung front pushed the central China army back in two major battles along the Yi river near Lini and Hanchwang. Tokyo reported capture of Lini while Chinese forces conceded only partial loss at Hanchwang. The battlefield near Lini threatened the Lunghai railway, China’s east–west trunk line, signaling a potential reorganized Japanese advance.
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Shanghai
Central China
Shantung Province
Taierhchwang
Lini
Yi River
Hanchwang
Kiangsu
Linj
Lunghai
China
A F L Enters Politics On Major Scat
Washington April 20 The American Federation of Labor forms a national organization to back selected candidates, signaling a split with the C I O and promising a more democratic structure with state and city committees deciding A F L support. William Green notes possible cross support with C I O but remains wary of joint backing.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of
Roosevelt
A. F. of L
League
Green
Federations of Labor
Soviet children urged to disobey parents over church cake
In Moscow on April 2 the official Young Communist League warned children to ignore parental attempts to send them to church for the Easter blessing. The article says believers bring a cake and cheese to be blessed before Easter on April 24. It promises protection by the league if parents turn children out, and suggests possible prosecution of disobedient parents.
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Moscow
Young Communist League
Steps Taken to Speed Up Recovery and Relief Plan
Washington reports a united effort to launch the 4.5 billion recovery program with minimal delay. Key moves include hearings on relief needs under WPA, decisions on pumping 1.4 billion in gold-backed credit to banks, and word Henry Ford will meet with President Roosevelt in Washington around April 27 as editors convene. House appropriations aims to prepare an omnibus recovery bill soon.
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Washington
Figcnt
House Appropriations Committee
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Detroit
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
Ford
G. Hall Roosevelt
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
Taylor
Colorado
House
Arsenal boom as Frankford arsenal expands ammo output
Philadelphia April 20. Business at the Frankford arsenal is booming as it produces small arms ammunition for the armed forces. Colonel E D Bricker says it is in its busiest period since World War I due to large congressional appropriations and orders from the Navy. Projectiles are not loaded here, but the facility develops cannon instruments and ammo components.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
America
E. D. Bricker
United States Navy
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Frankford
United States
Bricker
Tragic quakes kill 300 in central Anatolia towns
Ankara reports three hundred killed as violent earthquakes collapse two villages in central Anatolia. The quakes were felt Tuesday afternoon in Ankara Konia Kirsehir and Kayseri with expected higher casualties as totals are counted.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Konia
Kirsehir
Kayseri
Ouachita Farmers Back Strahan Keep His Job
About 200 farmers from Ouachita parish east of the Ouachita river joined a mass meeting in the courthouse to condemn the police jury action of April 13 1938 removing E R Strahan as parish agricultural agent. The resolution urged the jury to restore support and praised Strahan’s 16 years of service while discussing possible division of the parish for acreage allotment.
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Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Ouachita River
J. B. Filhiol
N. W. McHenry
M. Dixon
James W. Standley
Strahan
Quachita Parish
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Norris approves TVA committee in Congress
Senator Norris Independent Nebraska lauds a 10 member joint congressional committee to probe the TVA. Vice President Garner appointed Senator Davis Republican Pennsylvania to fill Capper’s vacancy. Bridges of New Hampshire laments being passed over. Frazier North Dakota hints at early meetings and hiring investigators.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
TVA
Garner
Davis
Pennsylvania
Capper
Kansas
Bridges
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Senate
Frazier
North Dakota
Star Spangled Banner Still Hangs Wrong
Smithsonian visitors from the Daughters of the American Revolution learn the original Star Spangled Banner rests in a glass case inside the Smithsonian building. DAR delegates visiting for their annual convention sought updates on the flag’s condition, guided by a museum guard.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Francis Scott Key
Smithsonian
Codreanu and His Followers Face Interim Move in Romania
In Bucharest advances by Romania fascist styled Nationalists led by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu appear possible within two months. Codreanu is jailed six months as hundreds are arrested after a plot to seize King Carol and install a fascist state is uncovered. Small youth cells have been ordered to operate quietly for two months while covert recruitment continues.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Carol
Codreanu
Orleans Man Now Flying Fisherman
Charles H. Miller a 53 year old chief engineer at a hospital completed a solo flight over Shushan airport marking the end of training and fulfilling two ambitions. He plans to fly to the best fishing spots while the fish bite. Miller began flying after wartime plane factory work and now needs five solo hours for a license and luck with the fish to reach contentment.
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New Orleans
Charles H. Miller
Shushan
Miller
Natchitoches man sentenced to U S prison
Judge Dawkins revoked probation for William Edin born Jones of Natchitoches and sentenced him to three years in the federal reformatory at El Reno. Jones, 24, has a prior record dating to 1925. He faces possible life in Atlanta if he appears before the court again. Plaintiffs in the McCoy case seek more than 70,000 for underpayment of natural gas from Richland parish properties.
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Ben C. Dawkins
Federal District Court
Mary H. McCoy
United Gas Public Service Company
William Edinborn Jones
Natchitoches
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Oklo
Jones
el Reno Reformatory
Dawkins
Atlanta
McCoy
Richland Parish
H. L. Driskell
Monroe
Louisiana
Texas Corporation
British mission to study U.S. planes sails today
A ten man secret British air ministry mission sails on the Queen Mary to survey United States airplane facilities for six weeks. The trip aims to see if American planes can boost the Royal Air Force and accelerate munitions and plane production, or Britain must buy abroad.
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London
British
Air Ministry
United States
Royal Air Force
Thomas Inskip
Defense
Sir Thomas
Britain
WPA Funds to Expand Natatorium Surroundings in Monroe
Approval by the WPA of 13 688 to Monroe for roads and sidewalks around Forsythe Park Natatorium was announced in Washington. Monroe will add about 6 400 bringing total to 20 000 for a blacktop 52 foot wide ring road and concrete sidewalks six to eight feet around the facility. Work will begin immediately per C R Tidwell. Senator Ellender notified Mayor Benoit of the favorable decision.
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C. R. Tidwell
Mother Denies Coogan Earned Four Million
Los Angeles April 20 Jackie Coogan the top paid child star of silent films faced his mother Mrs Lilian Coogan Bernstein who disputed his claim of earning four million dollars before age legal. She swore the earnings totaled only 1.3 million and that any remaining money or property belongs to her under California law. Coogan seeks an accounting and cites possible trust provisions by his late father and records suggesting a trust was created for investment and preservation of his estate.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
the Kid
Lile Lian Coogan Bernstein
California
John R. Coe
Jackie
William Rains
Coogan
James C. Rives
Coogans
Jackle
Home of Former President Sold in Northampton
The Beeches, once owned by Calvin Coolidge after his White House years, was sold to Sidney A. Bailey and his wife of Northampton, a local lumber dealer. Ralph W. Hemenway confirmed the sale for Grace Coolidge but withheld the price, with reports noting she would accept less than ten thousand dollars below half the estate valuation.
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Northampton
Mass
Beeches
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Sidney A. Bailey
Ralph W. Hemenway
Grace Coolidge
Bailey
Coolidge
Columbus, N. C
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